The Guest Portals page allows you to centrally manage the web page presented to a guest user when connecting to a guest wireless
network. Cisco Business Dashboard hosts a single guest portal for each organization, and each portal may be individually customized
to represent the identity of the organization.
The guest portals support multiple methods of authenticating the user, and the same portal can present a different authentication
method on different networks. The authentication methods supported are:
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Username/Password – Each guest user must be defined ahead of time in the dashboard and assigned a username and password. The
username and password must then be entered into the guest portal when connecting to the wireless network.
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Web Consent – The guest user is presented with the organization’s Acceptable Use Policy and must accept the policy in order
to access the network.
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Email Address – The guest user is prompted to provide an email address prior to gaining access to the network. The email address
is recorded as the username for the client and may be seen in the wireless client report and the device user interface.
The appearance of each guest portal may be customized by changing all of the text fields including the font used, modifying
colors, and updating the background and logo images.
To customize a guest portal, do the following:
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Navigate to Network Configuration > Guest Portals.
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Select the radio button for the guest portal to be customized and click the edit icon
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Use the form presented to update the appearance of the captive portal. You may modify any of the text fields, upload new images
to use as background and logo, and modify the colors and font used.
The guest portal has slightly different content depending on the authentication method chosen. Select the tabs at the bottom
of the page to update the fields for the different versions of the portal.
You may view your changes before saving them by clicking the Preview button on each of the different authentication methods.
To restore the portal to the default appearance, click the Reset to defaults button at the top right.
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Click Update to save your changes or Cancel to discard them.